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EX7500 not finding 5GHz-2 SSID broacasted by RAX200
My router model is RAX200, and it broadcasts three unique SSIDs assigned to three radios: 2.4GHz, 5GHz-1, 5GHz-2. When I use EX7300v2 extender, it finds and shows during Smart Setup all three SSI...
The EX7300 5ghz is actually a 4x4 antenna 1600mbps device. So when its wired in, it can use that full 4x4 antenna setup for backhaul. That's why it'd be faster than the EX7500 in a wired configuration.
The EX7500 uses a 2x2 antenna 866mbps for the backhaul and a 2x2 866mbps for the fronthaul. So when wired, its limited by the 866mbps backhaul.
But when both are used wireless, the EX7300 should be faster over wireless. Reason why is most laptops/phones/tablets are only 1x1 or 2x2 antenna configurations. So most devices are going to link at the 866mbps max speed and then get that cut in half from the single/dual band issue.
They have very simiilar specs but are just used differently.
You should "potentially" get better speeds from the EX7500.
a couple things to try.
1. reinstall the EX7500 but during setup, uncheck the "extender 2.4ghz network". You'll still be able to use the 2.4ghz but it won't let the 2.4ghz act as a backup backhaul channel.
2. test the wired speeds on the ex7500. The ex7300 should have better wired speeds because when you have a device wired into it, you don't take the 50% speed hit from having to re-broadcast. But test what speeds you're getting from the EX7500 with it wired just to give me an idea of how the backhaul is performing. LInk speeds aren't the same as throughput speeds.
3. when you're testing the speed tests on the EX7500, are you testing on the 5ghz? Have you tried other devices?
The EX7300 5ghz is actually a 4x4 antenna 1600mbps device. So when its wired in, it can use that full 4x4 antenna setup for backhaul. That's why it'd be faster than the EX7500 in a wired configuration.
The EX7500 uses a 2x2 antenna 866mbps for the backhaul and a 2x2 866mbps for the fronthaul. So when wired, its limited by the 866mbps backhaul.
But when both are used wireless, the EX7300 should be faster over wireless. Reason why is most laptops/phones/tablets are only 1x1 or 2x2 antenna configurations. So most devices are going to link at the 866mbps max speed and then get that cut in half from the single/dual band issue.
They have very simiilar specs but are just used differently.
Thank you so very much for explaining these finer points. It makes more sense to me now as to what I have observed during the tests.
My conclusion is that I will stick with EX7300v2, which is giving me ~200 Mbps download speed at the client device. The EX7500 is giving me ~100 Mbps, which is kind of a bit pointless, as I am getting ~100 Mbps directly from RAX200’s 5GHz radio when connecting directly from the client device used in tests. RAX200 gives my pretty good signal everywhere, but EX7300v2 gives me additional speed at the client device.
Thank you so very much again for all your time, effort, and advice. ALL are MOST tremendously appreciated!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!
